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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 8, 20138 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2013, 10:18 PM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2013, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, McLean County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2013-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 833 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2013-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 10:13 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 10:13 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:19 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
919 PM CDT MON JUL 08 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 SSE DUNN CENTER      47.22N 102.53W
07/08/2013  E70 MPH          DUNN               ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:30 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
930 PM CDT MON JUL 08 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0929 PM     TSTM WND GST     HEBRON                  46.90N 102.05W
07/08/2013  E70 MPH          MORTON             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GUST FRONT WINDS AHEAD OF RAINFALL.

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
942 PM CDT MON JUL 08 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E HAZEN               47.29N 101.58W
07/08/2013  M61 MPH          MERCER             ND   AWOS

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:01 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:04 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley63 min
Jul 8, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie62 min
Jul 8, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope, Stark53 min
Jul 8, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, McLean66 min
Jul 8, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer54 min
Jul 8, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Hettinger, Slope, Stark63 min
Jul 8, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer, Oliver52 min
Jul 8, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope60 min
Jul 8, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark58 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Stark and 1 more57 min
Jul 8, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward59 min
Jul 9, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster47 min
Jul 9, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver39 min
Jul 9, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Oliver25 min
Jul 9, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Morton, Oliver52 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Morton3 hr
Jul 9, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton37 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh38 min
Jul 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Logan, McIntosh40 min
Jul 9, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, McIntosh57 min
Jul 9, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcIntosh51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.